i just want to make a change

[meansprout]

[Road's little prophecy did, pretty much, hold true in the end, once the illusion wore off and the mark faded.  Allen certainly felt as if maybe it would best if he just quietly passed away somewhere.  It would make his life infinitely easier, really.  Or maybe he could just officially renounce human contact altogether and become a hermit

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[besomeothername]

[Someone will tap him on the shoulder from behind]

Did you treat all those wounds yourself?

[meansprout]

[NEARLY JUMPS A MILE and then whirls around, staggering back a bit.

Oh... it's that Lavi... His expression turns a bit more guarded.]

Yes...

[besomeothername]

[If Lavi notices the change in expression, he doesn't show it. He just offers a hand out to carry the bag that Allen is holding]

Do you mind if I take a look at them?

[meansprout]

[Holds the bag tighter... He shakes his head.]

They're fine, there's nothing to look at. It's just bruises... [Except his wrist but whatever.]

[besomeothername]

[Tilts his head to the side] Are you sure about that?

[meansprout]

Yes.

[besomeothername]

[He wasn't getting anywhere, was he? Rubs at his neck a little nervously]

I'm sorry about the other day. I kind of went overboard and was... [Well kind of a huge asshat], so if I can, I'd like to make it up to you.

[meansprout]

[Unfortunately, Mean has a hard enough time trusting people, and when they breach that trust by siccing fire snakes on him...

He narrows his eyes, still holding the bag close.]

...How?

[besomeothername]

[Nervous grin. How indeed...]

Well, I'm not sure, yeah. I could carry your bag for you. You seem to be looking for something, so maybe I could help you look. Or um... cook something edible? Anything really.

[meansprout]

...I don't need help.

[He's staring hard at Lavi.] You attacked me.

[besomeothername]

I know, and I'm sorry. ... I didn't know how else to make you stop...

[Though in retrospect, attacking didn't work well either. If what his roommate had told him was true anyway]

[meansprout]

Not like that.

...It wouldn't have mattered if I'd stopped, anyway. It wasn't even Road who found me.

[besomeothername]

... [Blinks at that for a few moments and then nods in understanding. Allen had thought that his Allen was a Noah. Sounded like Road's normal version of fun. But she wasn't the only one capable of it]

You ran into Kanda, too, yeah?

[meansprout]

[His eyes widen a bit. 'Too'?]

Did you...?

[besomeothername]

Not in person, but I saw his handiwork, yeah.

... [Reaching out to touch one of the bandages though he doesn't actually make contact. Just... oh who was he kidding, he didn't know what he was doing]

That's why I want to know if you're all right, yeah. Really all right...

[meansprout]

[He takes a step back.]

...I'm fine. Whatever he did wore off. [It's the other people he encountered that he's worried about. He looks away-- he knows who Lavi lives with, after all.]

Is Allen...?